Devin Walker (@dlocc) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a WordPress product builder and open-source advocate, currently leading Jetpack at Automattic. I previously co-founded GiveWP (acquired by Liquid Web in 2021) and created WP Rollback, along with a bunch of other plugins used by site owners, agencies, and nonprofits around the world.

These days I’m focused on helping Jetpack become a more cohesive, high-quality suite that creators can trust, while continuing to build in WordPress and share what I’ve learned about product strategy, UX, and sustainable plugin businesses. I care a lot about thoughtful UX, reliable code, and tools that make site ownership feel simpler instead of heavier.

I try to give back through code, docs, and community, organizing and mentoring meetups in San Diego and speaking at WordCamps when I can. When I’m off the keyboard, I’m usually playing volleyball, shredding on guitar, or hanging with my cats.

Interests

WordPress, Jetpack, eCommerce, Plugins, React, JavaScript, PHP, Open Source, Community, Startups, Volleyball, Guitar

WordPress Origin Story

Flash (2008 – 2009) –> SharePoint (2008 – 2009) —> Mambo (2009) —> Joomla (2009) —> Drupal (2010) —> WordPress (2010 – Present).

Badges

CODE

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Core Contributor '18 Plugin Developer

COMMUNITY

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Meetup Organizer '25 WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '17

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

Current Job

Artistic Director of Jetpack

Present

Automattic

Recent impact

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Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 12 months

50contributions

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Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 2 releases

Contributions

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September 2026

Sep 30 Wed · 04:53

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Posted a reply to Stuck in maintenance mode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @rpweb777, Thanks for reporting this, and for including the FooGallery versions. That's what let…

Sep 29 Tue · 19:28

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Posted a reply to Local archive preservation needs a lot of disk space, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @matthiaspabst, Thanks for the feedback, it's a fair point. Here's how local archives work…

August 2026

Aug 12 Wed · 04:29

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Posted a reply to 16.1 killed it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @yeyshonan, I can see why you’re frustrated. We clearly missed something in the 16.1…

Aug 05 Wed · 16:31

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Posted a reply to WP Rollback doesn’t work anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Haha! Yeah, that wouldn't be good. 😅

Aug 05 Wed · 16:09

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Posted a reply to WP Rollback doesn’t work anymore, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sicilybambolina I'm glad you found the issue and resolved it.

Aug 03 Mon · 18:01

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Posted a reply to These strings are not available for translation, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @itapress thanks for reporting the issue with these strings. I'll ensure that's fixed in…

June 2026

Jun 26 Fri · 21:07

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Posted a reply to Plugin Causing Formatting Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @sharvey728, Thanks for reaching out. Based on your description, this appears to be an…

Jun 19 Fri · 06:41

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Wrote a comment on the post Roadmap to 7.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
There's a lot to be excited about in this release. My personal faves: 1. Responsive…

Jun 08 Mon · 09:19

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Posted a reply to Crashes at low upload limit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey @tyaty1 Thanks for reporting this. I'll investigate, and have a fix out in the…

May 2026

May 31 Sun · 22:53

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Posted a reply to Footer Enhancement?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @rebop You can see the footer on the WP Rollback page located in your…